Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-11
THE RAILROADS.
Home Notes,

THE RAILROADS.
Home Notes,
The visiting railroad men OF the st
Louis, Arkansas and Texas were yer,
tired Monday light and several of then
slept late Tuesday, but all were fres!
and active yesterday morning, well pre-
pared to attend to the work in hand. Ii
the morning citizens went to the hote
with carriages and drove the gentlemen
over the city. The party consisted o
President S. W. Fordyce, George Coppell
r. C. Kerens, H. B. Denman, F. X
Pendleton, S. B. Elkins, 0. T. Lyon arc
Colonel J. P. Smith, Joseph H. Brown
Colonel Morgan Jones and Otis Eaton
The drive. lasted some time and For
Worth was shown 70 the visitors in ever
portion. President Fordyce and Presiden
Morgan Jones Of the FortWorth and Denve,
later on made a tour of inspection to
look st the terminal facilities offereC
here. When the gentlemen returned Il
the hotel a GAZETTE man called and in
terviewed them briefly.
PRESIDENT F0RDYCE.
This gentleman said he was greatly
pleased with Fort WORTH While he haC
been here before he had never been Ovel
the city so thoroughly, and was surprised
at what he saw. The ST. Louis, Arkansas
and Texas was DESTROYS OF building tC
Fort Worth, and would do so if For,
Worth trested them right, which she
would probably do. Colonel Smith and
President Jones would discuss the matter
with the representatives of the road and
a definite arrangement would probably
be made.
COL. S. b. ELKINs.
The great Blaine leader liked ell Of
Texas except it's colossal Democratic ma
jority, and especially was he pleased with
Fort Worth. 1t was the first city they
had 0een il in Texas; in fact it was the
only place OF its size appearing like city
that they had seen. The streets, side
walks AMI buildings were fine, but to MIN
Fort WORTH presented 9 city of men, not
of buildings; everyone was enthusiastic and
q worker; they knew what their city
was and could tell It. The location on
the high land and the promontories into
the valleys arOand was fine. Colonel
Elkins was close observer, and inquired
particularly into our growth aud the pro-
ductiveness of the surrounding country
He went away carrying large map of
Fort Worth and Texas, besides Comp
trOller's reports and book on our public
schools.
+. X. PENDLETON.
Mr.. Pendleton Was particularly i'm
pressed with our substantial improve
ments, waterworks, streets, sidewalks,
public school buildings and fine business
houses. He could not understand how
the city had done so much in so short q
time. 1t locked to him as if Fort Worth
were made up of citizens from a number
Of places and each had brought ideas
Of what city needed, and these ideas
had been accepted, and together they had
made the city what it was. He had not
formed definite idea of what texas was
before he saw the state. OF course be
had not expected to find a desert, for he
mad heard much of Texas and its produc-
Liveness, but what he saw far exceeded
his antiCipations.
K. C. KERENs.
Mr.. Kerens said the St. Lotus, Arkan-
sas and Texas would be good thing for
Fort Worth, and coming to this city
would be q good thing for the road
L lac NOuLll VI AClC DlHCj NLllGC Odh
and other woods needed by the people on
our treeless prairies, and at Fort Worth
they would make connection with the
railroads TO distribute what they would
laul to US. The St. Louis, Arkansas and
Texas drained the states OF Illinois,
Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa and Texas and
would bring Us what we lacked. VT.
Xerens has thorough practical knowledge
IF railroading and the country his road
runs through.
GEORGE COPPELL.
This gentleman, a prominent New
Yorker and a careful tinancier,
vas well pleased with all he had seen.
lie examined statistics carefully and in
-estigated our resources. He was pre-
pared 10 make very favorable report to
New York.
O.. T.LYCN.
While Colonel Lyon had been in Texas
many years and had read the GAZETTE,
lad seen Fort Worth once or twice, and
heard much of the city, he
raid he was astonished at
what he found here. Our buildings
we're much finer than he had before sup
posed and the city was considerably
anger than he had been led to believe
rom his information. Six months
.go Colonel Britton and himself had
lnown of the project for the
road to come to Fort Worth
and had done what they could to favor it.
Colonel Lyon thought 1t would be only
short time until work on the line would
1egin if the people would respond to the
company reasonable requests.
JUDGE DENMAN.
IHE GAZETTE yesterday put Judge Den
nsn down as the attorney of the StLouis,
Arkansas AMI Texas, but the gentleman
avs that is a mistake; he represents
ONE of the security holders aud is also
With the St. Louis and San Francisco.
At ? O'Clock the party were taken to
he Union depot in carriages to their
ar, and, accompanied by Colonel
NTH and President Jones, at
80 left for Dallas, the Car
eing attached to e last freight. From
)allas the party will 90 to Sherman and
hen to Texarkana, and from there to st.
ouis and New York to their respective
ONES. The St. Louis, Arkansas and
exas wants to build to Fort
Forth, and has asked, it is said,
nat right of way through Tsrrant
Ounty and Fort Worth be granted
y the people, the company agreeing to
ny its own depot grounds. The
will doubtless be put in black
nd white, and then the matter rests with
ort Worth, Grapevine, Plano and other
0ints along the route. Fort Worth GER
.inly should secure this road.
Right of Way for the Denver
pecIal to the Gazette.